Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple
| Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple | |
|---|---|
| Jorbangla temple at Chandrakona | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Hinduism |
| Location | |
| Location | Chandrakona Paschim Medinipur district |
| State | West Bengal |
| Country | India |
Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple is located in West Bengal Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple Shown within West Bengal Show map of West BengalChandrakona Jorbangla Temple is located in India Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple (India) Show map of India | |
| Geographic coordinates | 22°43′42′′N 87°30′37′′E / 22.7282°N 87.5103°E / 22.7282; 87.5103 |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Jorbangla |
| Completed | 17th century |
Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple is a 17th-century stone built temple at Dakshinbazar, Chandrakona in Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal, India.
Geography
[edit ]Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple is located at 22°43′42′′N 87°30′37′′E / 22.7282°N 87.5103°E / 22.7282; 87.5103 .
The temple
[edit ]David J. McCutchion says, "the basic forms of Bengal hut style temples may go back to time immemorial... in construction all these char-chala and at-chala temples belong to a post-Muslim tradition." The jor-bangla possibly developed from the ek-bangla, which along with the terracotta, was popular in the construction of mazars and darghas. Chandrakona has one of the earliest jor-bangla temples. McCutchion describes the Chandrakona Jorbangla temple as a standard jorbangla, laterite built, with extensive stucco, measuring 28’ 4" x 26’, built possibly in the 17th century.[1]
"The Jor Bangla temple style involves two structures that resemble the traditional village huts of Bengal, one that serves as a porch in front of the other, which serves as a shrine." It is believed to have been built by the Bhan kings and has been renovated by the West Bengal State Archaeology department.[2]
Chandrakona Jorbangla temple is a state protected monument.[3]
See also
[edit ]Jorbangla temple picture gallery
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References
[edit ]- ^ McCutchion, David J., Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal, first published 1972, reprinted 2017, pages 5-7, 27. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, ISBN 978-93-81574-65-2
- ^ Gupta, Amitabha. "The Crumbling Temples of Chandrakona". Live History India, 4 May 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ List of State Protected Monuments as reported by the Archaeological Survey of India Archived 2013年05月23日 at the Wayback Machine.
External links
[edit ]Media related to Jorbangla temple, Chandrakona at Wikimedia Commons
